Union of International Associations

The Union of International Associations, a coordinating body, differentiates between the more than 250 international governmental organizations (IGOs), which have been established by intergovernmental agreements and whose members are states, and the approximately 6,000 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), whose members are associations or individuals.

…a coordinating body called the Union of International Associations. The term nongovernmental organization was coined at about the time of the founding of the United Nations (UN) in 1945 to distinguish private organizations from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), such as the UN itself. Many large international NGOs, such as Amnesty International,…

…and La Fontaine established the Union of International Associations, a federation of 132 international organizations that would play an important role in the formation of the League of Nations. That same year the two men also created plans for the Palais Mondial (“World Palace”), a new global library and museum…